19 January 2018
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n31 December 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n19 October 2017
\n \n \n \nKome Gbinigie and Clare Goyder are amongst the first students funded by the Wellcome PhD Programme for Primary Care Clinicians. Tonny Muthee joins us on a Rhodes Scholarship, and Georgia Richards is the Naji Foundation's first Scholar.
\n \n\n \n \n3 October 2017
\n \n \n \nThe world\u2019s first widespread human testing of a flu vaccine which researchers hope will protect more over 65-year-olds against influenza has begun in the NHS, with the trial managed by the Primary Care Clinical Trials Unit.
\n \n\n \n \n2 October 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n21 September 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n21 September 2017
\n \n \n \nA new screening test in primary care is being hailed as the most efficient way to indicate risk of colorectal cancer.
\n \n\n \n \n21 September 2017
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Dr Clare Bankhead and Dr Rachna Begh, who have been awarded new titles in the recent Recognition of Distinction Exercise.
\n \n\n \n \n18 September 2017
\n \n \n \nA collaboration of nine member departments of the NIHR School of Primary Care Research has been awarded \u00a31.8 million to undertake, develop the methods, and build capacity in systematic reviews covering priority areas in primary care.
\n \n\n \n \n4 September 2017
\n \n \n \nUniversity of Oxford researchers have been awarded \u00a31.24 million to lead a medical diagnostics co-operative that will drive forward the development, evaluation and uptake of new medical diagnostic technologies to improve outcomes for patients in the community.
\n \n\n \n \n22 August 2017
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\n \n \n \n\n \n \n18 April 2017
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n9 March 2017
\n \n \n \nThe ALIC4E study has recruited 1,000 participants so far this flu season.
\n \n\n \n \n23 February 2017
\n \n \n \nGenetics may determine whether someone experiences multiple chronic diseases.
\n \n\n \n \n25 January 2017
\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford are looking for children with flu-like illness, who may be at greater risk of developing further complications from flu, to take part in a national study.
\n \n\n \n \n9 January 2017
\n \n \n \nA study finding that telephone triage does not reduce the overall clinician\u2013patient contact time on the day of the request is officially the second most read paper in the British Journal of General Practice in 2016.
\n \n\n \n \n13 December 2016
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n9 November 2016
\n \n \n \nDoctors should be encouraged to use \u2018safety netting\u2019 to improve cancer detection in patients with vague symptoms, say primary care researchers from Oxford University in The BMJ today.
\n \n\n \n \n6 October 2016
\n \n \n \nUsing a simple decision rule and a finger prick to test blood, general practitioners could substantially reduce the number of ill children being referred to hospital, if the test is used on children identified as \u2018at-risk\u2019 of a serious infection.
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